Tentative agreements reached between the Palo Alto Unified School District and its two unions would freeze salaries and require full-time employees with spouses and dependents to chip in for their health insurance for the first time in district history.

“All things considered, it’s a reasonable tentative agreement,” said Triona Gogarty, president of the Palo Alto Educators Association. “With the economy being the way it is, it’s actually the best agreement we can reach.”

In Mountain View, meanwhile, the picture appears a little brighter for teachers. The Mountain View Whisman School District is scheduled to consider ratifying a tentative agreement with the educators association Monday that would give teachers a one-time bonus of 1.5 percent and raises of between about 1 and 2 percent over the next three years. The school district would realize savings in the third year of the contract by reducing its contributions to employees’ health plans.

The Palo Alto district updates its compensation and benefits terms each year with its two unions — the Palo Alto Educators Association and the California School Employees Association.

Assistant Superintendent Scott Bowers said the district is experiencing a 15 percent increase in Blue Cross medical costs and a 6 percent increase in Kaiser medical costs. He said the district would continue to make the same contribution, but under the agreement employees would pick up the increase.

Even so, full-time employees wouldn’t have to reach into their pockets for another year because the school district agreed to cover costs through December 2011 with federal education job stimulus funds.

Under the tentative agreement, part-time employees who have been with the school district since before 2004 would start getting pro-rated benefits beginning in August rather than full benefits. Employees hired since 2004 already have their benefits pro-rated.

The Palo Alto Educators Association, which has about 800 full-time members, ratified the contract on Nov. 22 and the California School Employees Association, which has about 500 full-time members, is scheduled to vote on the agreement Dec. 8.

School district trustees will hold discussions and public hearings on both contracts at their Tuesday meeting.

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